Bridle crown-piece.



No. 6927707. Patented- Feb'. 4, |902.

A. E. yI""I .LAR[). BBIDLE CROWN PIECE.

. (Application med July 2o, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT rrrcn.E

AMos n. PoLLARD, ou MONTEZUMA, IOWA, AssIGNoR or ONE-HALF To LoRAIN o. MEDnARIs, ou MARsHALLTowN, IOWA.

BRIDLE CROWN-PIECE.

' srnorricn'rroiv forming part of Letters patent No. 692,707', dated February 4, 1902. Application filed July 20, 1901.u Serial No. 69,109. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMos E. PoLLARD,a citi--y zen of the United States, residing at Montezuma,in the county of Poweshiek and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Bridle, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to harness-bridles, and has for its object to. provide improved means for spreading the opposite sections of a checkrein, so as to maintain the same in a proper normal relation and to permit of unrestricted longitudinal play thereof to accommodate for the movement of an animals head, while limiting lateral play to a slight movement, so as to obviate catching or hanging of the rein in any part of the bridle. It is furthermore designed to arrange for effectually preventing the escape of the checkrein from the spreader or guide and to provide for connecting the winker-stay, the spreader, and the crown-piece in a simple and durable manner, so as to effecta rigid relation `between the spreader and the crown-piece and to permit of the convenient connection and disconnection of the winker-stay without interfering with the checkrein and any other parts of the bridle.

As a iinal object it is designed to have the present invention in such shape as to be applicable to any of the common or ordinary companying drawings,and particularly pointed lout in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details maybe made within the scope of the claims withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective vi ew of a portion of a harness-bridle embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken longitudinally through the crown-piece. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the' line 33 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is adetail perspective view of the spreaderplate.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the tigu res ot' the drawings.

In order that the application and operation of the present invention may be fully understood, there has been illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings a portion of a common or ordinary harness-bridle embodying, essentially, the usual crown-piece 1,the longitudinal split checkrein 2, and the upper portion of the winker-stay 3, these parts being of common or preferred form, asthey have been shown for the purpose of adequately illustrating the manner of mounting the present checkrein spreader and-guide.

Incarrying out the present invention there isprovidedaspreader consisting of a metallic plate 4, as best s'howninFig. 4 of the drawings, the intermediate portion of the plate being provided with a longitudinal slot or opening 5, while opposite upstanding Vprojections 6 are struck up from the end portion of the plate and located at equal distances from lof a guard-strap 7, which is applied'longitudinally across the spreader-plate and has its opposite ends projected beyond the latter and securedto the crown piece in any suitable manner, preferably vby kbeing stitched thereto. In the middle of the guard-strap there is provided a longitudinal slot or opening 8, corresponding to the similar slot in the'spreaderplate, and opposite perforations 9 are also formed in the strap, and corresponding to and for the reception of the respective projections 6. It will here be noted that the opposite checkrein-sections are located in the guideloop formed between the spreader-plate, the guard-strap, and the adjacent projection 6, whereby the rein is free to move longitudinally through the guide and has but a slight lateral movement. By this arrangement the checkrein may move freely with the movement of the animals head, and the opposite sections of the rein are effectually maintained in a spread position and are also prevented from becoming caught or engaged with other portions of the bridle.

For the connection ot' the winker-stay 3 with the intermediate portion of the crownpiece there is provided an ordinary buckle 10, which has an attaching-strap ll, that lies transversely across the intermediate slotted portion of the spreader-plate and is secured to the crown-piece by means of the opposite rivets 12, lying at opposite sides of the spreaderplate, there being a metal loop or ring 13 seated in the slot of the spreader-plate and receiving the intermediate portion of the attaching-strap 11. `The upper portion of this metal loop or ring is normally projected upwardly through the slot S in the guard-strap 7, and the upper end of the Winker-stay 3 is engaged with the buckle and has its free end passed through the projected upward portion of the loop 13 and across the guard-strap, whereby the said loop forms a keeper for the free end of the winker-stay and the latter connects the intermediate portion of the guardstrap to the crown-piece, so asto prevent displacement of the guardstrap from the upstanding projections 6 of the spreader-plate.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the present device is conveniently applicable to any ordinary harnessbridle without materially altering or changing the same, and when applied stilfens and strengthens the crown-piece and also forms a combined guard and guide to permit of the necessary endwise movement of the checkrein and preventinglateral play thereof, so as to avoid catching or hanging of the rein in any part of the bridle.

That I claim isi 1. In a bridle, the combination with the crown-piece and a cheekrein, of a spreader applied to the crown-piece and provided with opposite upstandingprojections, and a guardstrap lying longitudinally across the spreader with its opposite ends connected to the crownpiece and also provided with perforations corresponding to and receiving the respective projections, the intermediate portion of the strap being secured to the crown-piece, and the opposite checkrein-sections lying in the respective guide-loops formed bythe spreader, the adjacentprojection thereofand the guardstrap.

2. In a bridle,the combination with a crownpiece, a checkrein and a winker-stay, of a checkrein spreader-plate applied to the crownpiece and provided with opposite upstanding projections, a guard-strap secured longitudinally across the spreader-plate and connected at its opposite ends to the crown-piece, there being opposite perforations formed in the strap and for the reception of the respective projections, the opposite sections of the checkrein lying in the respective loops formed by the spreader-plate, the adjacent projection and the guard-strap, a buckle secured to the intermediate portion of the crown-piece, an upstanding loop or keeper projected through the guard-strap, the upper end of the winkerstay being engaged with the buckle and passed through the loop or keeper and over the guard-strap to connect the intermediate portion of the latter to the crown-piece.

A checkrein-gnide consisting of a crownpiece, a spreader-plate applied thereto and having opposite lateral projectionslocated inwardly from the respective ends thereof, a guard-strap arranged longitudinally across the plate and having its ends projected beyond the latter and connected to the crownpiece, and also having opposite perforations corresponding to and for the reception of the respective projections, and also provided with an intermediate longitudinal slot or opening, a buckle having an attaching member arranged to lie across the intermediate portion of the spreader-plate, and a loop or keeper receiving the said attaching member and projected through the intermediate slot of the guard-strap.

4. In a harness-bridle, the combination of a crown-piece, opposite upstanding projections carried by and rising above the same, and a guard-strap applied longitudinally to the crown-piece and having its opposite ends only secured thereto and projected in opposite directions outwardly beyond the projections, the intermediate loose portion of the guard-strap being provided with perforations corresponding to and for the reception of the respective project-ions, whereby checkrein guide-loops are formed between the respective projections and the adjacent portions of the crown-piece and guard-strap.

5. In a harness-bridle, the combination of a crown-piece, opposite upstanding projections carried by and rising above the same, a guard-strap applied longitudinally to the crown-piece and having its opposite ends projected outwardly in opposite directions beyond the projections, the loose intermediate portion of the strap being provided with perforations corresponding to and for the reception of the respective projections, and a winker-stay connection carried by the crownpiece and located between the projections, and also provided with an upstanding loop or keeper projected through an opening in thc intermediate portion of the guard-strap and constructed for the reception of the t'ree end of a winker-stay.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aftixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

AMOS E. POLLARD.

lVitnesses:

R. A. MORTLAND, H. B. DRYDEN.

IOO

I ICFy 

